Meaning & use
Hoar
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Grayish-white in color, especially describing frost or hair whitened with age.
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The fields were covered in a thick layer of hoar frost that morning.
The old sailor's hoar beard made him look far older than he was.
A note on using this word
Hoar survives today mainly in the compound "hoarfrost," describing the feathery ice crystals that form on cold surfaces overnight.
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